Author: Daniel Seiver

Greg Montes writes: “I learned earlier this year that Richard Griest died on December 21, 2011, at Pleasant Hill, California. I often ate lunch and dinner with Richard in Morse College in 1966–69 and we lived on the same floor of Morse Tower in 1967–68. We had many discussions about politics, history, Yale, and other subjects. I and others who knew Richard over the years found him to be very intelligent and good-humored. My parents enjoyed meeting and talking with Richard when he stayed overnight with them in Omaha, Nebraska, while driving from Yale to San Diego in June 1969.

As Garrison Keillor would say, “It’s been a quiet month in Lake Wobegon.” Very little news, either good or bad. Bad: I have been officially informed that Richard Griest has died, but I have almost no information on him. Greg Montes has said he will prepare a memorial. Here is what I have from our yearbook: Richard was born in Salt Lake City, and entered Yale in 1966…

Juan Montermoso writes, “After 27 years in the high-tech industry, primarily with HP, I am now enjoying a second life as a professor of marketing practice at Santa Clara University as well as doing gigs as a leadership development consultant.” Juan also was nominated for an award for his many years of ASC interviewing work. Tom Guterbockwrites that his second grandchild, Phoebe…

Kevin McKeown (kevin@mckeown.net) e-writes: “In my fifth term on the city council, I’m currently mayor of Santa Monica, where I’ve now lived most of my life. WYBC propelled me here, via a radio career that saw me general manager of L.A.’s KROQ just before I stopped trusting myself at age 30. Yes, I once subscribed to The Who’s ‘hope I die before I get old,’ but…

Professor Ted Snow has officially retired from the faculty of the astrophysics and planetary sciences department at the University of Colorado, after 34 years of service. Their newsletter states that “Ted has been a mainstay of our observational astronomy faculty, teaching a wide range of undergraduate courses and writing several astronomy and physics textbooks with student guides…

Your scribe has moved to central California. Some loose electrons fell out of the moving boxes, and I have finally found them. My apologies to Robert E. Levin. He reported via the web in January: “We welcomed Jonah Luis Henao into our family, our first grandson born to our daughter Amelia and our son-in-law Harvey. Despite having a Michigan/Illinois background, we’re…

Our Class of 1969 Scholar is once again Vincent Tanutama ’16. He is from Jakarta, Indonesia. A TD resident, he is studying engineering, math, economics, and philosophy. He is the first member of his family to attend college. Rob Brodsky ’84 has a website, Yalie.com, which is devoted to highlighting the work of Yale alumni. “The site, which is officially licensed by Yale, makes it easy for Yale alumni to…

45th Reunion Class cosecretaries Lang Wheeler and Art Segal, with lots of help from dedicated classmates, put together a superb reunion program. The weather was cooperative, and the Yale staff did a fine job of taking care of us in Timothy Dwight, with mass quantities of food and intoxicating beverages. Our wall-to-wall reunion schedule started on Thursday afternoon, with a session on writing that book in you…

It can still happen! We have been informed via the New York Times that Doug Ousley was recently married. He married Dana Fern at the Church of the Incarnation in New York City, where Doug is the rector. The couple were set up on a blind date in April 2011. According to the Times, Ms. Fern was impressed by Doug’s ability to speak fluent French and Italian. (And I thought…

Dave Tufaro e-writes: “I have now been in Baltimore since 1973, following graduate school and taking my first permanent job here. I have three daughters: Theresa, age 33, who lives in NYC and works for Scholastic handling their marketing in Latin America; Jennifer, age 30, who works with me in the development business; and Christina, 26, who lives in DC and works for Total Wine, the Walmart of wine sales in…

Mike Folz (mfolz@q.com) e-writes: “I’m going around the world again. Mostly because I can. Or can I? Knees and back and maybe mind are getting feeble. Here’s the plan: Circumnavigate Iceland, then Åland Islands and Finland, then Georgia for Abkhazia, then the Nakhchivan enclave of Azerbaijan (don’t ask), then Kurdish Iraq, then Bangladesh, then Brunei and Sarawak. Anyway…

Your scribe wrote this column while listening to Bill Owens’s “Round and Round” track on his Wildflower Bouquet CD with Missile Records. Here is his music life story from the website https://www.musicpage.com/billowens: “Singer-songwriter and guitarist for over 59 years, I have signed a record contract with Missile Records, and have just released “Round And…

These items empty the mailbag. Send news! Jack Lantz (Jack.Lantz@muc.miyachi.com) e-writes: “The exciting news is that Hotei Publishing has just published a book, sponsored by Scripps College, on our Japanese woodblock print collection, titled Genji’s World In Japanese Woodblock Prints. We believe the book is the definitive discussion and presentation of the Genji woodblock…

Your scribe has received a short note from Peter Burr. I have edited it slightly for clarity, and I apologize if I have introduced any confusion. Peter writes: “I am currently living at Blaire House of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. I have received 100 percent military pension for service in Vietnam.” I suspect the left-out word in the last sentence is disability. We all hope for your speedy recovery, Peter. News…

Bruce Mazo, after prodding from your scribe, has submitted this report: “I have relocated myself and my firm, Secure Retirement Advisors LLC, to Brookline, Massachusetts. My office is at Coolidge Corner in an historic building above CVS and Dunkin’ Donuts! After 15 years in Florida, I was ready for a ‘change of scenery.’ My son had moved to Boston for a TV job and has stayed here to…